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this is the bones. and none shall hear on. the keys turned ukrainian cities of lugansk and done yet scar reeling from a barrage of deadly shelling attacks launched by kiev's army. this week russian trucks have a broad tons of aid to people in war. but the u.s. and others in the west have called this humanitarian mission an invasion of ukraine . calls for justice over the killing of an unarmed black teenager in the u.s. city of ferguson are replied to with gas and or tear gas rather and rubber bullets even journalists were harassed by the security forces. captain john said what's the
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reason for ordering the press out what's the reason for going on about your brother brother going to be a president. should i buy what i want to read little bit. and as a u.s. journalist is a brutally beheaded by who appears to be a briton we look into the p.r. campaign by the islamic state group that is prompting some e.u. citizens to join the militants. broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow recapping our weekly stories this is our international you know another round of artillery strikes on the city of killed two people as ukraine marked independence day on sunday earlier an eleven year old girl and her parents were killed while running to a bomb shelter on saturday night some residents say that there were times when
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shelling went on for over twenty four hours with barely any breaks kiev is trying to take over done yet which is a key anti-government strong. old. is in the city for this is how independence day is being marked here in donetsk massive shelling particularly in the eastern part of the city as you can see there's something like thirteen fires that have broken out in the city just of a have a some smoke warehouse has been hit it's nice we walk in here you can actually see that what was part of the market i think has been destroyed i mean the windows all blown away and you can see a lot of the merchandise on the ground the scary part about being here right now is that you can actually smell in the air this burning. big city and of bodies that it goes against the idea that it's you know this is now the center of dinette square in the early hours of sunday morning the local talent hospital was hit they were at
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least five mortar fired at the local morgue. and this is a very different mood she was trying to make you know we are not a problem in the way of people showing their support for russian game. here in london where people are staying out to show that for my kids continuing military offensive they will remain resolute core to see our team you have to meet eastern ukraine. lugansk is also being attacked on daily by the ukrainian government authorities more of an ocean i was lucky to escape a bout of shelling attacks while filming this report. the devastation of we worried shelling we were here last fall days ago and we've returned to find lugansk there in the scars of sustained attack kiev is calling this a full on assault the final stage of its military operation and the fact it's
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having the locals is all too clear every day residential areas of the city of look at being targeted fortunately when this five story apartment building was hit no word was heard by the time it happened almost all the residents have already fled minutes later we come across two of the handful of people still living here and they're clearly terrified. the. many of those still here high the elderly hold to seek to leave. and like elenor they're forced to take shelter in their basements when the shelling begins the deal is done did you look out at me mohamed got look at the large media. i don't know what they're all eventually they're you bodily spot i am
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the hornet across our bureau then your point of blowing our video is clear for the couple barbara i know but did you know that oh by the hangar the boat but it really angered her i was there although this is the scene in lugansk central market it was hit on monday but the smell of burning still hangs heavy in the air and its team in the line of fire this is a ghost city market and mon cher she moved here because it was. we rushed to the nearest bomb shelter in another basement. candles can still be found in the shops and they've become crucial in a city without electricity. who just about to start moving our piece to camera. shows are just minutes away from us the near constant bombardment is taken its toll on locals without. knowing there were.
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leaks toria tells us she has little choice but to state what you new show on your google. now that sadly. thousands of refugees have poured out of the guns to escape their recent shelling and even if the stones are to be the final assault on the city as the government in kiev claims the effects of this is stained five thousand will be felt by civilians here for many years to come. or even ocean r.t. iligan ski crane. now these are just some of the people who also received a much needed russian aid in look god the city has been facing a humanitarian catastrophe and even essential items are hard to get tons of food and medicine and other supplies were delivered to the gansa by a convoy of russian trucks humanitarian column was stalled at the border for over
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a week because kiev was reluctant to let it in the red cross was also involved in the mission it criticized of a delay citing of a terrible humanitarian situation in the city. the i.c.r.c. regrets that customs and inspections as agreed to between the russian federation and ukraine you know sir it is where delayed by the ukrainian authorities that even any german situation there is dire. we from the city with the old order. without electricity without supplies. and cut off from the rest of the world and we said the images to it's an infrastructure. give authorities describe to the crossing of the border by the russian convoy as a direct invasion that is despite earlier giving the green light to the mission and
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sentiment has been at goaded by a handful of western media outlets with headlines comparing the convoy to a trojan horse and even saying that the trucks were in fact artillery units however those accusations have been dismissed by many prosy the hypocrisy here is really off the scale isn't it because it seems ok for the western powers to bomb sovereign states for humanitarian reasons but it's not ok for russia the same did a humanitarian aid convoy if russia did invade ukraine we know about it with the way the ukraine is we're not going to allow this convoy is pretty clear they're going to find any excuse to stop it from going through and as they were doing this people are being killed and dying in the east of ukraine and that really is outrageous the double standards here this is the pinnacle of hypocrisy there it's clear that there is no invasion it's clear that the convoy is purely humanitarian and it's clear that the arrival of the convoy has a point to underscore to the rest of the world that there is no invasion that the
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only people suffering here are the peaceful people in eastern ukraine that their own government is trying to murder and that's a problem and so they need to divert attention from this to some sort of hypocritical talk of russian invasion. it is not only ukraine's east of it has been left to deal with the consequences of the violence this is the western ukrainian city of laval where eleven soldiers were buried on tuesday they died in action in the country's east family and friends gathered to pay their last respects while the coffins were carried to the sound of the national anthem. journalistic community has appealed to kiev authorities and international organizations to do everything possible to save the day stand in the russian photojournalist has been missing in eastern ukraine since august fifth various rights groups and activists around the globe have also been involved in an online campaign calling on kiev to secure his release thirty three year old stand in has worked for many international
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news organizations including reuters and the associated press the international red cross has already joined of the search for the missing photo journalist after his mother appealed to the committee refusing to give up hope. sit down with a good mom would be schools or school didn't leave them with. the most to lose even . over the day she says it is due. to. the. simplistic. but. heavily armed units and armored vehicles not a war zone but the streets of the u.s. city of ferguson where protesters calling for justice for eighteen shot dead by the police have been met by security forces willing tear gas and rubber bullets and
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outrage over michael brown's killing all across the country as marina reports. unrest driven by anger over michael brown's death carried on for a second week demonstrators on the streets of ferguson once again met with tear gas rubber bullets and flash grenades freedom of the press was also under threat as our own correspondent was engulfed in a cloud of tear gas right now you can see behind me look they're firing ah this is either tear gassed all our small cannons that have also been used throughout these nights oh our wait let's go let's go to the. cell guys she gets right in the states affected saying oh my god i did other reporters faced death threats from police. have. had to have. in the seat louis city the first amendment was confined to a media pan and at least six journalist were arrested for attempting to do their job captain john so what's the reason for ordering the press out what's the real
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motoring whereabouts robredo does your president i don't know. who are where on the river why don't they try to lay the life totals was still a killing or walking with very little saw those were all the. decided that's enough he decided that he got to handcuff the. roughly two hundred ten people have reportedly been arrested since the aug tenth protest began including ninety year old holocaust survivor hedy epstein police has and tried to incite the people in ferguson are the people that come to the demonstrations. so if they become more violent then the police will become even more violent that will be their excuse criticism surrounding heavy handed police tactics deepened wednesday when a few miles from ferguson another black man who allegedly shoplifted from
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a store was shot dead by white police officers made powell was brandishing a knife but instead of using a taser or other nonfatal methods cops fired nine shots into the twenty five year old the militarization of america's law enforcement has made front page news around the world critics say arming local cops with war weapons fuels a more aggressive type of policing that lacks accountability the ugly images of america's military police beating people in the streets and riot. troops and soldiers in the military on its own citizens the world that america speaks with. by the end of the week police clashes and protests decreased significantly as temperatures in ferguson have around thirty seven degrees celsius meanwhile the st louis grand jury has already begun hearing evidence to determine if ferguson officer darren wilson should be charged with the death of michael brown a decision is expected in october but the makeup of the jury may give night
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a wave of backlash you see nine white people and only three black people were chosen as jurors the on even representation may spark a new feeling of injustice causing the public to accuse the process of being by. yes very important artie ferguson. of the mainstream media has been accused of launching a smear campaign against michael brown prompting the hundreds of protesters to march on c.n.n. headquarters in atlanta demonstrators say the channel has focused on the slain teen's past actions in a bid to incriminate him independent media editor dan schechter says that the mainstream is racially biased. for one thing a lot of the media people are why they don't know much about what's happening in the black community they tend to buy into a lot of the stereotypes where they don't really have good sources and on the other side
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a community doesn't have the same level of organization and leadership to challenge that you know when some white defendant you know commits a crime it's a tendency to say well you're such a good boy we can't understand how this could have happened but when a young black man is in the same situation in a community where you know young black people are being criminalized numbers this it lack of sympathy and a lack of empathy a lack of compassion a lack of understanding this is a story of how the poor in a way are also being demonized and made invisible in our society it's much deeper than just racial in its outcome you know it may look racial but it's also economic and often that's what's not being covered in any real way. and human rights watch dogs are investigating allegations that police brutality across the u.s. could be racially motivated the american civil liberties union has released
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a report in reaction to the violence in the ferguson the group says historical issues have created a climate of racial profiling targeting the black population human rights advocates stressed of that young black americans in particularly are subjected to killings beatings and are otherwise harassed by police even when they're doing nothing wrong . another story of over the top police actions this time back across the atlantic coming up after a short break watching our two international. those
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who want to get involved to stop isis in iraq are allied with isis in syria we still should be doing everything we can to support the free syrian opposition who will continue to provide military assistance and advice to the iraqi government and kurdish forces as they battle these terrorists. as russia and the west continue to drift apart into a new cold war russia's worldview of international politics is largely neglected in western media and in the halls of power russia will defend its national interest and also has its own red lines.
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and welcome back you're watching the weekly here on r t international now a horrific video of an american journalist being beheaded by a jihadist from the islamic state group has left the whole world terrified before his own killing the man was forced to read a statement blaming of the u.s. for his death even more chilling was the revelation of it his killer is likely to be a radicalized to britain according to media sources british intelligence has already identified him through voice recognition or in the video the jihadist says that the beheading is in retaliation for u.s. airstrikes on iraq islamic state has also threatened to execute another captive american journalist if washington does not halt its operation the group has been effectively recruiting new members across europe thanks to a broad online p.r.
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campaign was artie's going to church camp reports. the hottest of these lawmakers state use all the west can offer to spread their message and not to hollywood in this hour long film featuring slow motion explosions in iraq a soldier's digging their own graves and the catchy title the clanging of the swords for. these lawmakers state has flooded social media with videos of their sadistic attacks and they were when they stormed most many iraqi soldiers fled their post apparently aware of what their fate would be if they were captured while on duty. the islamic state has launched a sophisticated social media application which allows them to use their followers accounts to send out centrally written updates thousands of already downloaded this application released simultaneously their messages swamp social media it gives isis a far larger online reach than their own accounts would otherwise allow not only
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images of beheadings that militants distribute through social media. but also skillfully edited promo video showing their soft side in this one jihad is star handing out ice cream to kids another video shows an islamic state militant visiting his fellow fighters in hospital with an encouraging message kids. of the best medium for them to me it's all they live in the usual in few years these people are able to carry arms and they will be ordered he will remain to do with this violent pursuit of their goal isis is also working to recruit young people all over the world bragging about their advances leaflets like these are spread through social media sometimes their call for martyrdom comes with a nod to popular video games like call of duty some of the images look like postcards with historic european sites in the background jihadi sympathizers or
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even calling for people to join the islamic state on the streets of london or using a western a missile delivery in terms of advertisement very well islamic state fighters post photos of their day to day life on social media my first time writes one british jihadi underneath a facebook photograph of his bloody tent apparently after killing someone first of many writes a friend after images with severed heads some post pictures of their cats. state is even promoting a hipster variation of a jihadi this is a law school graduate from cairo who before joining the isis was apparently preoccupied with his body having posted a series of photos in a gym their recruitment propaganda targets young people those who use modern gadgets who play video games and watch hollywood movies and those who are perhaps going through an identity crisis of some sort in this self promotion the islamic
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state has gone farther than any other jihadi group in washington i'm going to check on r.t. . now the merciless islamic state group whose speedy advance in syria and iraq remains very troubling it seems to have a weak spot and that is female kurdish soldiers they're willing to fight alongside male soldiers to avenge for the hundreds of women captured and killed by the jihad ists and it is not only their vigor that is posing a threat to the islamic state the jihad ists believe that they will not go to heaven if they are killed by a woman in battle and here is a video of the group of these kurdish fighters in training they will be forming all female units to join male soldiers in combat. at least ten people were injured and five of them seriously when mounted riot police charged demonstrators in sweden on saturday police horses trampled several people while one man was hit by a van a few arrests were also made there it occurred when
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a planned rally against a far right party spiraled out of control in the city of model with clashes erupting between police and protesters fifteen hundred activists had gathered to disrupt a speech by the leader of a swedish neo nazi party tension mountain when firecrackers and smoke bombs were thrown the rest comes ahead of the country's parliamentary vote the chairman of the communist party of sweden earlier told my colleague. that. in his country the police can do what they do. we have seen many protests against the new nazis groups of three or four months. to police. you know this kind of for a list to be disturbed would be good. in the case at least ten people ended up in hospital do you believe that the police will be held accountable for their actions and not. is sweden police accountable for these sort of things we
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have seen situations similar to the. several times. and. europeans have been growing increasingly critical of brussels that decision to impose sanctions on the russian economy the move has triggered fears of considerable trade losses as moscow in response bandit certain european foods. spanish farmers have been dumping produce in the streets and burning flags angry over lost revenue some producers there are bracing for a sharp drop in prices due to the recently imposed russian embargo trade unions say that this will also mean significant job losses farmers have now been left wondering how they're going to make ends meet in the ship which i think will fix them so the sanctions people are very pessimistic know nobody explains to farmers what's happening they don't know what the future will hold right now we have no other market to send their produce to apart from the russian one i really disagree
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with the use decision to impose these sanctions on russia if it was a big mistake because we never had any problems with russia. listen up we have a group we've come to a dead end nobody cares about us except nobody cares how much money we knew how are we going to support. that right now seeking to neutralize any backlash from russia's of food ban brussels has been offering compensation to producers the european commission plans to spend one hundred twenty five million euros to help cover the losses but the numbers however show that this is only a drop in the ocean as the cost to the worst hit nations is expected to be at least nine times that amount. and polls have closed as the nation chooses a new leader who will inherit a legacy of years of rampant corruption that's brought the country to the break the opposition leader is so far in front in the race according to exit polls what other guys the have reports from the scene for r.t. this election is seen as a race between two main contenders on the one hand there's the opposition leader
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with the protests the spring while on the other there's the former new oil. soldier of the old president been seen this is successor the security services minister they've both got very similar programs they both promise to lift the country out the poll that seeks to utilize its tremendous resources and to secure more international recognition for this tiny asian states as you can see the ballot boxes being empty. they will be counted long into the night the turnout has been in this polling station the only seventy two percent of registered voters good supposed across the country more than fifty percent turns out so this election by the country's newest is considered legitimate now it's no surprise the residents of the high turnout given these up to this early election the president puts alstad after a series of protests this spring protest against corruption protest against rob and years of broken promises now after the break we follow several young men in their
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journey to reach their dream and to join russia's special forces stay with us this is our to international. world. something that's technology innovation all these developments from around russia we've got the future covered. but look. over. did you know the price is the only industry specifically mentioned in the constitution and. that's because a free and open process is critical to our democracy albus. in
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fact the single biggest threat facing our nation today is the corporate takeover of our government and across several we've been hijacked lying handful of transnational corporations that will profit by destroying what our founding fathers once built up my job market and on this show we reveal the big picture of what's actually going on in the world we go beyond identifying the problem trucks and rational debate and a real discussion critical issues facing america have on the books ready to join the movement then walk a little bit. right on the streets. first street. and i think pictures. on our reporters twitter. and instagram.
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